Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Introduction

Powerpoint Overview

• User interface overview -Title Bar, Menus / Ribbons, Tri Pane View (Normal)
• Using Help

Creating a New Presentation

• Creating A New Presentation and Saving
• Adding New Slides - entering & editing Text
• Slide Layouts - Title Slide, Bulleted List, Two Column Text
• Changing the slide layout
• Creating Blank Slides
• Adding Freeform Text

Formatting Text

• Selecting Text and Selecting Placeholders
• Formatting Text
• Formatting Backgrounds
• Formatting Numbered and Bulleted Lists
• Slide Master
• Format Painter

Powerpoint Views

• Normal (Tripane) View
• Slide Sorter View
• Notes Pages View
• Slide Show View
• View in Black and White
• Viewing Slide Miniature
• Print Preview
• Outline View

Drawing Tools

• The Drawing Toolbar
• Drawing basic shapes freehand
• Creating regular shapes
• Formatting Shapes including 3D, Shadows and Fill Effects
• Creating Auto Shapes, Moving and Copying
• Working with Guides and Visible Grid
• Aligning & Distributing Objects
• Flipping and Rotating Objects
• Ordering and Grouping Objects
• Inserting and formatting text within a shape
• Inserting WordArt

Graphics and Clipart

• Inserting Clip Art
• Moving and Resizing
• Re-colouring Clip Art
• Grouping and Ungrouping Clip Art

Tables and Charts

• Create a table
• Adding text
• Inserting columns and rows
• Enhancing a table with formatting
• Create a chart
• Editing the Chart Type
• Editing the Chart Options
• Create an organisation Chart
• Editing an organisation Chart

Slide Masters and Templates

• Viewing the Slide Master
• Adding a company logo to every slide
• Formatting the background
• Colour Schemes
• Format Title Area and Object Area
• Adding Headers & Footers
• Inserting a second Slide Master
• Preserving a Slide Master
• Viewing the Title Master
• Editing the Title Master
• Applying Design Templates
• Slide Design Task Pane
• Creating your own design Template
• Apply your own design template
• Change the settings of the default design

Transitions and Animation

• Transition Effects
• Building Bullet Points
• Animating a Chart
• Previewing Animations
• Animation Schemes
• Custom Animation
• Path animation
• Animating multiple objects simultaneously

Slide Shows

• Rehearsing the timing of a Presentation
• Controls to use during slide shows
• Slide Navigator
• Hiding Slides

Printing Presentations

• Print Preview
• Printing Handouts
• Printing Notes Pages
• Printing Outline View

**Remember that you can tailor the content above to create your own PowerPoint 2003 Introduction Course**

Time: The course starts at 09:30 and runs until 16:30.

The course is run on a date that suits you! We do not run public scheduled courses.